Temperature regulation by evaporative cooling in a desert grasshopper, Calliptamus barbarus (Ramme, 1951)

Journal of Thermal Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 5-6, 1996, Pages 331-337

  Roxburgh, Lizanne ^b   Pinshow, Berry ^b   Prange, Henry D ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

body size; Calliptamus barbarus; evaporative cooling; Orthoptera; thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030268212     PISSN: 03064565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4565(96)00018-6     Document Type: Article

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